The Elizabethan Age 1558 to 1603 overview quiz - WJEC GCSE History quiz

Unit 3 thematic study

Unit 1 study in depth, 'Wales and the wider perspective'

Unit 4 NEA

Unit 2 world depth study

Francis Walsingham

William Cecil (Lord Burghley)

Robert Dudley

Francis Drake

As an independent kingdom

Through the Council in the Marches at Ludlow, with the Welsh gentry rising in importance

Directly by the Pope

By the Duke of Parma

Made Elizabeth Head of the Church

Made Elizabeth Supreme Governor of the Church of England

Abolished bishops

Restored the Pope's authority

They wanted the same changes

Catholics wanted less Protestant change; Puritans wanted more

Both wanted to abolish the Church

Both supported the Settlement fully

With a major rebellion

Fairly peacefully, helped by the Welsh Bible and Prayer Book

It was never introduced in Wales

Only by the gentry, not the people

She controlled the English army

As a Catholic claimant to the throne, she was the figurehead for Catholic plots

She was Elizabeth's heir by law

She led the Spanish Armada

By bribing her servants

By intercepting and decoding her secret letters

By capturing her at sea

By forging a confession

To blockade English ports only

To meet the Duke of Parma's army and carry it across to invade England

To attack Wales directly

To raid the Caribbean

The English had more ships

Poor planning meant it could not safely link up with Parma's army

Philip II died during the campaign

The Pope withdrew his support

Abolished poverty

Made each parish responsible for its own poor, funded by a poor rate

Sent all the poor to the colonies

Banned begging entirely with no relief

It was funded by the Church

Patronage, purpose-built playhouses and popular playwrights drew large audiences

Puritans strongly supported it

Only the wealthy could attend